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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2423704" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>My understanding is that (US requirements) a meter is only required to be within 15% of the "correct" number 95% of the time and 20% 99% of the time. Doesn't exactly fill you with confidence, but I find they are good enough to dose from. And there are studies to say whether some meters are more accurate than others.</p><p></p><p>I currently have a caresens dual, which I don't like as much as my previous abbott freedom lite, but has the advantage that the NZ government will pay for it and extra strips are available is pharmacies if I run out. I'm not bothered by the ketone warning, as I've had that on previous meters and know it just comes on if I'm over a certain level. Several reviews on the net like the contour next, for what it's worth. I also self fund a dexcom g6, so I don't use the caresens as much as I used to, though it's useful when I'm hypo or when I don't believe the dexcom.</p><p></p><p>I personally think it's probably best to use one meter and stick to it, and do more than one test if you think the reading is out (it's easy to have contaminants on your hands which mess things up.) If you end up doing 3 because you disbelieve the first then throw out any obvious outlier and otherwise pick the middle one. (Note that this is just my personal technique, it hasn't been recommended to me by a nurse, who would probably be horrified that on rare occasions I've ended up doing 3 tests.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2423704, member: 372717"] My understanding is that (US requirements) a meter is only required to be within 15% of the "correct" number 95% of the time and 20% 99% of the time. Doesn't exactly fill you with confidence, but I find they are good enough to dose from. And there are studies to say whether some meters are more accurate than others. I currently have a caresens dual, which I don't like as much as my previous abbott freedom lite, but has the advantage that the NZ government will pay for it and extra strips are available is pharmacies if I run out. I'm not bothered by the ketone warning, as I've had that on previous meters and know it just comes on if I'm over a certain level. Several reviews on the net like the contour next, for what it's worth. I also self fund a dexcom g6, so I don't use the caresens as much as I used to, though it's useful when I'm hypo or when I don't believe the dexcom. I personally think it's probably best to use one meter and stick to it, and do more than one test if you think the reading is out (it's easy to have contaminants on your hands which mess things up.) If you end up doing 3 because you disbelieve the first then throw out any obvious outlier and otherwise pick the middle one. (Note that this is just my personal technique, it hasn't been recommended to me by a nurse, who would probably be horrified that on rare occasions I've ended up doing 3 tests.) [/QUOTE]
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